Synonyms for lynching

Grammar : Noun

Spell : linch

Phonetic Transcription : lɪntʃ

Définition of lynching

Origin : 1835, from earlier Lynch law (1811), likely named after William Lynch (1742-1820) of Pittsylvania, Virginia, who c.1780 led a vigilance committee to keep order there during the Revolution. Other sources trace the name to Charles Lynch (1736-1796) a Virginia magistrate who fined and imprisoned Tories in his district c.1782, but the connection to him is less likely. Originally any sort of summary justice, especially by flogging; narrowing of focus to "extralegal execution by hanging" is 20c. Lynch mob is attested from 1838. The surname is perhaps from Irish Loingseach "sailor." Cf. earlier Lydford law, from a place in Dartmoor, England, "where was held a Stannaries Court of summary jurisdiction" [Weekley], hence:
Lydford law: is to hang men first, and indite them afterwards. [Thomas Blount, "Glossographia," 1656]
Related: Lynched; lynching.

noun hanging

Example sentences :

An attempt at lynching was made in San Francisco about the same time.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

They wanted a lynching, and no argument would dissuade them.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

And now fear began to seize the survivors of that lynching party.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

The subject of lynching the fiends,—Walling and Jackson—was freely discussed.
Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown

Lynching was one of the reasons most often given as a cause of the migration.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

"There's nothing left now but lynching," his friend continued.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

There was going to be no lynching at Tascosa if he could help it.
Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine

Lynching, in the sense that we know it to-day, was almost unknown.
Extract from : « The Cave of Gold » by Everett McNeil

He was afraid of Rodaine—that Rodaine would get up a lynching party and string him up.
Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

It is, however, the belief of the masses, which they have recently shown in methods of lynching.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

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